Bird

See also: bird and bírd

English

Alternative forms

• Byrd

Proper noun

Bird

1. A surname.
2. (jazz) Charlie Parker (1920–1955), Jazz saxophonist.
   • 2012, John Szwed, quoting Miles Davis, So What: The Life of Miles Davis‎^[1], arrow books, →ISBN:

     When Bird played like that, it was like hearing music for the first time. I'd never heard anybody play like that. Later Sonny Rollins and I would try to do things like that, and me and Trane, those short, hard bursts of musical phrases. But when Bird played like that, he was outrageous…

Derived terms

• Hargreaves-Bird cell

Anagrams

• drib